From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: replacing a function with another one Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 08:13:28 +0530 Message-ID: <877g7yizsf.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87vbvofsi6.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87bnxgs4r9.fsf@web.de> <87lhwj1cfz.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87zjkz6vd5.fsf@web.de> <8738ir161u.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87eh2b6nfm.fsf@web.de> <87r46anab5.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87vbvleiey.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87vbvlbm8p.fsf@web.de> <87siqpsdgs.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87iorljkhx.fsf@web.de> <87pplsivy7.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> <87eh27mhyw.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1394678575 25039 80.91.229.3 (13 Mar 2014 02:42:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 02:42:55 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 13 03:43:04 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WNvbr-0003Lg-1u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Mar 2014 03:43:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36508 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNvbq-0001wS-KG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41939) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNvbZ-0001w3-8o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNvbT-0008SW-EG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::232]:41939) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNvbT-0008SG-77 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:39 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id kq14so426559pab.9 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=uAQxmdeizLof8lwT1YhDCLRVrpG/4UOiDZCqB/f/OC0=; b=QgjAvhaIdJOUvGQQpv6DQyfV2MYL8oURMsrZ+NnRmvQhXEajs9ejoAH8baTlp4mvQ7 0US6rc4bi6tpX3M/O37mrgYuTMf4h1RKJ+6xtJTCoLGlMeFP0TAclGZDpa6uc+pevWZf ghVhZHirC149jyrHr9vNFHSwReJPf6R7Sw7/uQSYhNUOoDYqrWiyQ037QtuYATobmKGq SNmypQPbhG4eEzW5l9ehyOcYnzcKtLKjlSiIAjxtgQur8RlIo4xevZJ15C92ss1dxjuL AasfqHOtBAe01x34BDf4ET/VfhqpnOk/BxWGGusHeZetdQUtEVBWeiOVWXh9vxDex2g2 o1/w== X-Received: by 10.68.196.202 with SMTP id io10mr1035603pbc.149.1394678558286; Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.242.204.160]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id my6sm1707767pbc.36.2014.03.12.19.42.36 for (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:42:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87eh27mhyw.fsf@yun.yagibdah.de> (lee@yun.yagibdah.de's message of "Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:42:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::232 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96484 Archived-At: lee writes: >> Another good approach is to take hi-lock.el, modify it (as little as >> possible) to provide the feature you want, and then to submit the patch >> for inclusion in a future Emacs. > > I=C2=B4d love to do that, and I think it could be done. I=C2=B4d mostly = have to > add some things to it and probably wouldn=C2=B4t need to modify what=C2= =B4s > already there. > > How would I do that? hi-lock.el is part of emacs, which is in a bzr > repo from which I update every now and then. I could take the current > version of hi-lock.el and put it into a git repo to work on it. In the > meantime, the original version may change. Then what? Where there is a will there is a way.